Louishlomador;497302 Wrote: > Hi Guys, As the original owner of this post, I have read through some of > the technical measurements Phil and others have come up with. Would we > all say its fair to say that the reason we are having these discussions > is because there may be too many factors to consider when doing these > tests? such as type of sound card being used for the measurements, type > interconnects, as they all have different characteristics, Whether > diffmaker has been installed properly on the respective PCs. The list > could be very lengthy here. I have taken some time to do some research > on codecs, file formats. It seems some codecs do a better job than > others. Everybody agrees without a doubt that the flac files are > identical to wave, in terms of what information each file holds. There > is absolutely, without a doubt that the CD converted, whether in FLAC or > WAV is the same as the original source. As we all agree with this, lets > move forward, what else could be the reason why some can tell the > differences, others cannot? My question to everyone is what version of > codec software was used in the firmware, when using squeezecenter 7.2. > I'll tell you why I'm asking these questions. I recently converted a few > of my CD's to AIFF which is the wav file version of apple. Strangely > AIFF will play in native mode for 7.2. Unfortunately it doesn't work for > 7.4, 7.4.1, or even 7.5. It only plays for 7.4, 7.4.1 or 7.5 when you > have "flac/SOX" turned on. It doesn't play natively. Bandwidth is not an > issue for some of us, hence we want the full spectrum of the file > streamed naturally, not converted to FLAC by the decoder. Why does 7.2 > work perfectly and all other versions I have tested doesn't? I will be > very happy if one of the slim devices team can answer these questions. > You only get a loud audible sound, similar sound to when searching for > TV channels on an old TV, say in the 1980's. I think there is a serious > flaw in the firmware or software that i am more than happy to input my > findings and get this fixed. The only reason why i decided to convert > some of my music CDs to AIFF was because the new software versions by > default converted wav files to flac. Me thinking by ripping my CDs in > AIFF I could get away with streaming the file naturally as its supposed > to didn't work for the new versions. It only works for 7.2. How can an > older version of software do a better job than the new versions? Can > someone also test and come up with the results. I'm confident that this > has been missed in the new software. If a wave file is designed to be > streamed as wav then i believe it should, same for flac or other > formats, rather than using some codec to convert at the background to > allow the file to play. In my view i think the software engineers will > have to come up with a better solution to this flac, wave, or AIFF issue > that will never go away. Not everyone has bandwidth issues, hence i > believe strongly the software should be flexible enough to allow you to > setup how you want your files streamed, knowing the consequence could be > bandwidth. Please do the tests , thus rip a CD in AIFF format, then in > the file types section in Squeezserver set the AIFF to play natively, > disable "flac/sox". It just wont play the music, It only plays natively > in 7.2. I hope this posting will help develop a better software, then > there will be no diffmaker tests etc.. if every file is streamed as its > supposed to using the right codecs Thanks guys
Louis Would you please sort this out into paragraphs ? Chris:) -- Stratmangler ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
